Chapter 1323 - : Nemesis (1/2)
“Lord Myers, I think we’ve lost the way. We came to this cave more than three hours ago…” one of the bloodline transplanters, who had tiny scales on his cheeks and vague magic waves on his skin, said with an awful expression.
Myers was gloomily silent. He observed the cavern they were in carefully. It was indeed exactly the same as one of the caverns they visited earlier. The sizes and locations of the magic crystals in the cavern, and the colors and directions of the most eye-catching ones, were the same. Even the marks left by the giant insects were the same too…
More importantly, Myers had seen a magic crystal whose corner was broken. One of his companions had specifically broken it earlier. It couldn’t be found in any other cavern…
A dozen seconds later, Myers put on a solemn expression.
“We’ve indeed got lost. We were here before. Have you found anything?”
The dozen bloodline transplanters around him each had their special abilities. However, none of them discovered that they had lost their way before…
“The gravity here is normal, so there’s only one possibility: something is wrong with the direction of gravity, which probably changed at the turns or the entrances to caverns and channels, making it difficult to discover it. I think the caverns and channels here are probably all caused by the chaotic gravity…”
“There’s wind here, meaning that this place is still connected to other places. We’ve been going in the opposite direction of the wind on our way here. It’s possible that the wind here circulates differently from what we expected…”
“The marks and scents left by the giant insects have been helping us navigate too. They cannot possibly tell the direction here, either. Then how have they been traveling underground?”
All the bloodline transplanters expressed their opinions. Nobody discovered anything unusual. If they had, they wouldn’t have gotten lost. Unfortunately, nobody had noticed anything…
Myers threw a mark at the entrance to each channel, and picked an entrance that they hadn’t entered.
“Let’s continue walking. It’s impossible for us to leave if we stay here. We must confirm the direction leading to the ground first. If we cannot find the right direction, it will be impossible to create a channel to escape through the rocks…”
Myers looked quite calm. He was the leader, and certainly could not evince any panic or self-doubt, especially in such an emergency. For some reason, Myers thought of Lin Yun…
Mafa Merlin is definitely aware of this situation. He knows this plane better than all of us. His familiarity with this place means that he knows the deeper we go, the more chaotic the gravity will be, and the more likely we’ll get lost.
We’ve traveled at least three days underground. No, maybe even longer. The time is flowing at a strange speed in this place. It’s been such a long time, yet we haven’t found any trace of Mafa Merlin. That’s impossible.
So, they must be on a new level now, or rather a new depth, while we keep wandering on the same depth the whole time.
Damn it, if it weren’t for Sunny or Sheldon, we would still have been with Mafa Merlin. Even if we hadn’t obtained that groundbreaking new potion, we wouldn’t have been lost here.
However, we’ve been completely stranded in this place. There’s no telling if anything else will happen. There are no mother lodes here except the mana stones. Even the monsters are gone too. This place is quiet and creepy…
The Thorny Crown has changed. They’re already lost in the pursuit of power. Have they forgotten the vow when the Thorny Crown was established?
Myers wore a bitter and helpless smile. He looked at George, with regret corrupting his heart like poison.
After such a long time, George’s bloodline was still in perfect condition, which meant that the potion was even more effective than anticipated. Even though the original effect had expired, the potion also had a long-term effect that stabilized George’s unstable bloodline, and even slightly increased the compatibility of his bloodlines.
A potion that could improve the stability of bloodlines for a short while like first aid would still be a groundbreaking item for the bloodline transplanters. It could save their life at critical moments.
However, if the effect was permanent, then the potion would be entirely different. The former potion was like a healing potion, and the latter potion was like a potion that could strengthen one’s body. The latter could be a dozen times, if not hundreds of times, more expensive than the former in a store.
For the bloodline transplanters, the potion seemed to be from another age ahead of theirs…
Myers seemed calm, but he couldn’t have been more regretful inwardly. Unfortunately, he couldn’t say anything just yet, not until the exploration was over…
After the members of the Thorny Crown noticed they’d lost their way, and adopted pertinent methods to find a way out, it was a lot easier for them to find the right way. After all, they all had their own special abilities, which was why Myers had picked them for the exploration.
On the other hand, Sunny got lost too while chasing after Lin Yun. Unlike Myers and his partners, who were all preoccupied, Sunny discovered she got lost much sooner. She summoned a lot of Screaming Ghosts, and commanded them to enter different channels. It was much easier to choose after learning of the neighboring caverns in advance. At least, she wouldn’t get completely lost.
But Sunny lost track of Lin Yun in the process. Everything was complicated in the underground world with the channels like those in an ant nest and the caverns.
Another several days passed. The underground world became even more spacious and weird. Apart from the caverns and channels, all the underground creatures vanished. There was no telling if it was because of the army insects, but the underground world became dead quiet.
It had been many days. As time went by, Lin Yun’s heart became heavier and heavier. It had been at least 20 days, but he hadn’t reached the destination deep underground yet. He found himself walking in the same channels that he had been through in the past days.
Every time he reached a cavern, he had to do a lot of calculations to choose the next channel. In this place, every cavern included more than six channels. If he picked a wrong one, he might end up in the same cavern later.
More importantly, his destination wasn’t at the bottom, but somewhere special. It was pointless to go further downwards from here. Rather, he had to go to places where gravity was the weirdest.
“Merlin, we’ve wandered many circles in this place. Have you not found it yet? Aren’t you looking for the monster that’s deep underground? We cannot really develop this plane until that monster is dead. Isn’t that monster level-49? Are you sure you can take it down?”
Lord Shawn was holding a magic crystal, and his belly was round and full. He had been the most comfortable one over these days. He was free to eat the countless magic crystals in this place. In particular, as he entered deep underground, the magic crystals were very pure, and all contained a great amount of mana.
Unfortunately, they had stayed for so long in this dead quiet place that even Lord Shawn was getting upset.
Lin Yun was calculating with the help of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel. Hearing what Lord Shawn said, he put away the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, and rubbed his swollen head.
“Who says I’m going to kill that monster? I’m just going to ensure that it will never wake up.”
There was contempt on Lord Shawn’s face.
“Merlin, I know you’re very strong and you’re good at alchemy. But none of your methods will work on a level-48 or even level-49 monster. As soon as it wakes up, we’ll all be screwed.
“Never mind. Just look for it on your own, and send me back to your Demiplane. I think I’m too full, and I need a good nap for digestion…”